To carry pure death in an earring, a casket, / A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!
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To carry pure death in an earring, a casket, / A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!
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There were antiquities from Central Italy, made by the best modern houses in that department of industry; […] Genoese velvets and filigree, Neapolitan coral, Roman cameos, Geneva jewellery, Arab lanterns, rosaries blest all round by the Pope himself, and an infinite variety of lumber.
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[…] the repose of the pool, the idle motions of the insects and flies upon it, the placid waving of the flags, the leaf-skeletons, like Genoese filigree, placidly sleeping at the bottom, by their contrast with her own turmoil made her impatience greater.
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Her brown hair was waved in front and done up behind in a great twist, held by a tortoiseshell comb with gold filigree.
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